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      <excerpt>...foreign travelers.&quot; But not everyone is on board with opening travel between the two countries. At Thursday's hearing, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida, the ranking Republican on the committee, argued against lifting the ban, which, she stressed, is </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...said Mavis Anderson, senior associate at the Latin American Working Group, which backs lifting the ban. But Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Miami, who supports keeping the ban until Cuba embraces democracy, said she's confident backers of the ban have the v</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Graves spokesman Jason Klindt said two Cuban-American lawmakers from Florida &#8212; Republican Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen &#8212; &#8220;who have experience dealing with the Castro regime,&#8221; persuaded Graves to rethink his views. &#8220;He suppor</excerpt>
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